Ironing-table



H. STONE.

IRONING TABLE.

(No Model.)

Patented Feb. 25, 1896.

VII/I ilNiTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARVEY STONE, OF CAMBRIDGE, VERMONT.

lRONlNG-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 555,225, dated February 25, 1896.

Application led September 20, 1894:x Serial No. 523,612. (No model.)

T @ZZ whom t may concern/.-

Be it known that I, HARVEY STONE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cambridge Junction, in the county of Lamoille and State of Vermont, have invented a newr and useful Ironing-Table, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in ironing-tables.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of ironing-tables and to provide a simple and inexpensive one, which will have its parts conveniently arranged for use, and which when not in use Will serve as an ordinary table or other suitable support.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ironing-table constructed in accordance With this invention, the top being raised. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, the detachable supplemental ironing -board being in operative position. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional vieW illustrating the means for securing the hinged top When raised.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates an ironing-table provided With a rectangular supporting-frame and having a hinged top 2, Which When folded down upon the frame in a horizontal position is adapted to serve as an ordinary table-top or similar support. The rectangular supporting-frame is composed of corner posts or legs 3, top side and end bars, et and 5, and bottom side and end bars, 6 and Which support a horizontal board 8 to prevent clothes or other fabrics being ironed from coming in contact with the iioor or other supporting-surface.

The upper end bars, 5, of the frame are recessed at their inner faces and have arranged in the recesses the ends of an ironing-board 9, which is hinged at its larger or rear end. The upper face of the main ironing-board 9 lies iiush with the upper edges of the frame, in order to present no projections when the hinged top 2 is folded down upon the frame, and the hinge 10 permits the ironing-board 9 to be raised, in order that a garment may be placed on it and removed therefrom.

The ironing-table is provided with a detachable supplemental ironing-board 11, which is much smaller than the main ironing-board 9, and which is particularly designed for use in ironing sleeves and the like. The supplemental ironing-board l1 is provided With a cleat 12, which has a central projection 13 adapted to engage a socket or opening let of the main ironing-board 9. Then the supplemental ironing-board is in position for use, the cleat rests upon the upper face of the main ironingboard 9 with the projection fitting in the socket or opening 14, and the rear end of the ironing-board, which is provided on its upper face with a groove 15, is engaged and locked bya swinging bail 16 hinged to the adjacent end bar of the supporting-frame. Then the supplemental ironing-boardis not in use it is arranged on the inner face of the top 2 of the ironing-table in openings of cleats 17 and 1S.

The hinged top 2 is provided adjacent to the hinges 19 with a shelf 20, adapted for holding sad-irons during the operation of ironing, and the top 2 is rigidly held when raised by a sliding bolt 21, Which is mounted on the inner face of the top, and which engages a keeper 22 of the frame to prevent the Weight of irons from causing the top 2 to fall. The sliding bolt is mounted in a guide 23 and an opening 24 of the top 2, and the keeper is arranged at the back of the frame and is secured to a cleat that is nailed or otherwise fastened to the rear one of the upper side bars, et. rlhe sliding bolt is provided with a central enlargement 25, forming stops to limit the movementv of the bolt and provided with a recess forming a finger hold or lift.

The ironing-table is provided with a bosomboard 26, which when not in use is arranged in Ways 27, formed by small cleats secured to adjacent cross-pieces of the frame of the hinged top 2.

It will be seen that the ironing-table is simple and inexpensive in construction, that it presents the appearance of and is capable of all the uses of an ordinary table when its parts are not in position for ironing, that its parts are in convenient reach of the operator, and

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that the hinged top provides an iron-rest and is prevented from falling under the weight of irons.

Changes in the form, proportion,and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What I Claim is- In an ironing-table, the combination of a supporting-frame, a top 2 hinged to the same, an ironing-board 9 mounted on the supporting-frame and arranged ush with the upper edges thereof, and provided with a socket, the bail 16 hinged to the exterior of the supporting-frame and arranged to swing upward and 

